Missing Word Contest Promises Virginia Prize
The Atlanta Weekly Journal announces a 50 cent missing word contest offering subscriptions for a year in exchange. Readers must guess the word to complete the sentence He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's has ceased to love him. The winner gets 5 percent of subscriptions in three months with another 5 percent shared among others. The Journal markets itself as a top family paper with pages for women, children, stories, and world news.
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Atlanta Weekly Journal
Weekly Journal
the Journal
Atlanta
Airship seen in Rome and Fitzgerald spurs hunt for prize
The Savannah News reports the airship sighting in Rome and Fitzgerald confirms its existence. It suggests the craft was released from the west with colonists aboard and urges Georgians to pursue it for a big prize, framing a bold chase.
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Rome
Fitzgerald
Savannan
Domestic Joy and Dr Bull Cough Syrup Endorsement
A testimonial from Mrs. A Geib of West Hoboken New Jersey praises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a never fail remedy for a child with bronchial cough. The ad claims the product costs 25 cents and is cheaper than substitutes sold by dealers, asserting it always cures where others do not.
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Chicago
Montreal
Can
New York
Dr. Bull
Making False Eyes Revealed At A Glass Eye Factory
A New York correspondent describes a busy glass eye factory in a large city. It produces about 500 eyes weekly and 26,000 yearly, with prices from 5 dollars for stock eyes to 10 to 80 dollars for made to order with detailed coloring. The piece outlines stock trays by color, the process from enamel tube to globe to iris and cornea, and explains wear from tear acid. hospitals are major buyers and demand continues due to frequent replacements.
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New York Cor
Washington Post
Child's Bravado Causes Familywide Hide and Seek
A five year old declares she will grow horns and run everyone out of the house. Her grandmother gently questions whom she would chase, and the child admits she would find them all by hiding, turning the boast into playful mischief in a domestic scene.
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Mary
Jack
New York Mail and Express
Sir William Martin Conway Climber of Himalayan Feats
The English Illustrated Magazine lauds Conway for a climber's walk and a sinewy, energetic frame. He spent 84 days on snow and glacier during Himalayan ascent traversing the three longest non polar glaciers and reaching Pioneer Peak at 22 000 feet, the highest height yet achieved by a man.
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William Martin Conway
Himalayas
English Illustrated Magazine
Polar
Pioneer Peak
Guardian of Adele Hugo Dies at Paria
M Trebuchet, who died in Paria recently, was the guardian of Mlle. Adele Hugo the insane daughter of the poet. Under his management her fortune grew to become several times a millionaire. She is confined in a private asylum and she dotes on theater visits though she never believes any play ends.
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M. Trebuchet
Paria
Mlle
Adele Hugo
Mlle. Hugo
Nordau and Zangwill Meet After Civic Anecdote
An anecdote showcases Dr. Max Nordau's urbane humor. A friend recalls Zangwill praising Nordau in The Pall Mall, calling him an idiot. Nordau, unaware, later met Zangwill in England and shared the tale, much to both men's amusement.
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Max Nordau
I. Zangwill
Dr. Nordau
Zangwill
Pall Mall
Kaiser Charms Opera Staff With Cigarette Rule
Amusing anecdotes describe the Kaiser visiting the Berlin Opera House in civilian dress with a white cloak and cigarette. He sits in his box, observes rehearsals, and cues other staff with unplanned feedback. An accidental cigarette disposal moment prompts the remark that rules of order apply to him too.
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Berlin Opera House
Oper House
Kaiser
Coulisse
Westminster Gazette
Photographs Ordered Prompt Public Exchange
A customer asks if the photos are the ones he ordered while the photographer confirms payment. The talk turns playful as the customer asks to compare his face to the images and invites the photographer into an alley to model a likeness. The brief exchange captures a streetroom moment from the Chicago Triune.
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Chicago
Walter Scott's Early Courtroom Tales in Jedburgh
The article recalls Sir Walter Scott’s first criminal court appearance at the Jedburgh assizes in 1793 defending a veteran poacher. It notes a humorous exchange after the verdict and another case where a grateful housebreaker offered counsel instead of a fee, delivering a rhyme years later at a judges’ dinner.
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Sir Walter Scott
Jedburgh Assizes
Scott
Jedburgh
The Curse of Officeholding in Towns
A quotation from the Atlanta Sun laments broad shouldered men idle after losing federal posts. They claim nothing to do, relying on friends and waiting for new appointments, a gradual ruin tied to federal officeholding.
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Atlanta Sun
Tutt's Pills Promise Cure for Liver Ills
Twenty years of proof claim Tutt's Liver Pills keep the bowels in natural motion and cleanse the system. An absolute cure for sick headache dyspepsia sour stomach constipation and related diseases. Testimonial from R P Smith of Chilesburg Virginia states he has been cured after twenty years of liver disease.
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Rosa F. Mownish
Tutt
R. P. Smith
Chilesburg
Everybody Says So Cascarets Candy Cathartic Claim
A boastful advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a pleasant medical discovery. It claims to cleanse the entire system, aid kidneys liver and bowels, dispel colds cure headaches fevers and biliousness and offers boxes for 10 25 and 50 cents sold and guaranteed to cure by druggists.
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Cascarets
Uil
Chamberlains Eye and Skin Ointment and Dr Cady Powders
Chamberlains Eye and Skin Ointment relieves itching and smarting from skin diseases and is said to permanently cure many bad cases. It is useful for itching piles sore nipples chapped hands chilblains frost bites and chronic sore eyes. Dr Cady’s Condition Powders serve as a tonic blood purifier and vermifuge for horses in bad condition. 25 cents per box or package.
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